Sylvain Roy

President & CEO @Cultivating New Frontiers In Agriculture Cnfa

Washington, DC, US

Sylvain Roy, MBA, has more than 30 years of experience in managing international development programs focusing on agriculture, food security and agribusiness. In 2009, Mr. Roy joined CNFA as Vice President of Programs, overseeing the implementation of its project portfolio across 17 countries. Since his appointment as President & CEO in 2014, CNFA has more than doubled its annual revenue reaching $55million in 2017. Before joining CNFA, Roy served as an International Agribusiness Advisor in Kosovo for the Swiss Foundation for International Development and Cooperation. Prior to his work in Kosovo, he served as Project Director of the Dutch-funded West African Agricultural Input Project (MIR) headquartered in Burkina Faso. Over a period of 15 years based in Africa, Sylvain Roy also served as Project Director of various programs including a coffee and cacao micro-finance project in Togo, a cereal marketing project in Mali, and a dairy production and marketing project in Cameroon. Roy began his career in the livestock sector by owning and operating a farm specializing in sheep production in Canada. He furthered his livestock experience by serving as the General Director of a meat processing factory and as the President of the East Quebec Sheep Producers’ Association.

Institut de Technologie Agricole, Lapocatiere

College Diploma, Farm Management

Université Laval

MBA, Agribusiness